Expanding the dental phenotype of non syndromic orofacial clefting

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Lina Moreno for giving me the opportunity to be involved in this exciting project. With her guidance, knowledge, and encouragement she has helped me succeed and nourished my interest in research. I would also like to thank Dr. Mary Marazita for her invaluable expertise, guidance, and encouragement; Judith Resick for her logistical and data entry support and for keeping my project on track; Meg Cooper for providing statistical analysis, guidance and help with interpretation of results; Dr. Alex Vieira for his guidance and encouragement, and Rebecca DeSensi for her data management and entry support. I would like to thank the department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine and the department of Orthodontics for providing office support and specifically to Dr. Michael Finkelstein for his encouragement and unwavering support in my career and to Linda Keller for her logistical support. I could not have completed this project without the support, love and encouragement from my wife, Erin and my two children Isaac and Elijah.